Earlier this month, a jury acquitted a 23-year-old Oak Harbor woman accused of going into a neighbor’s apartment and assaulting four people.
The jurors found Jade Dent not guilty of one count of second-degree assault and three counts of fourth-degree assault.
Mike Horrobin of Oak Harbor Motors will be able to celebrate 30 years in business this September. More importantly, 25 people will get to keep their jobs.
While 800 Chrysler dealerships got franchise cancelation notices Thursday, Horrobin received a letter officially notifying him that he will be able to keep selling Dodge, Jeep and Chrysler vehicles.
This year’s election has the potential to bring big changes to the politics of the Oak Harbor City Council, the Coupeville Town Council, school boards and the hospital board.
At least a couple of the seats will be up for grabs as incumbents leave the political arena.
A 26-year-old Coupeville man is accused of having sex with an underaged girl, pointing a gun at her, threatening to kill her and providing her and her friend with marijuana, all of which allegedly occurred three years ago, court documents indicate.
The world-famous, rough-and-tumble crew of the Northwestern will be dropping anchor in Oak Harbor Friday, May 29.
Oak Harbor resident Vinton Waldron, who fishes for salmon in Alaska, and his wife Charisse are hosting a special event at his family’s seafood market, Seabolt’s Smokehouse, to celebrate the ancient profession.
A suicidal man had climbed over the railing of Deception Pass Bridge and was on his way to near-certain death when a quick-thinking deputy reached out and pulled him back from the brink.
A total of 16 full-time and part-time Island County employees will be laid off June 1. An additional seven positions will be eliminated through attrition and 19 employees will have reduced work hours.
The Island County commissioners officially and unanimously adopted a resolution amending the 2009 budget Monday morning. Just over $1 million in cuts were made, plus $1 million in reserve will be used to fill the $2 million budget hole.
One of the largest kelp beds in Washington state nearly surrounds two tiny islands off the west coast of Whidbey Island.
The underwater forest of seaweed is an ideal nursery for baby fish, according to Cyrilla Cook of People for Puget Sound. The surrounding waters support a diverse ecosystem of sea creatures, including orcas, harbor seals, salmon, halibut, lingcod, tufted puffins and black oystercatchers.
It’s such an important habitat for the species that People for Puget Sound, a nonprofit conservation group, is trying to get 30,000 acres of state-owned bedlands and tidelands turned into a state aquatic reserve.
The Island County prosecutor was forced to dismiss felony charges against four people because of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision.
The ruling will likely affect many misdemeanor cases, as well as the caseloads for police and prosecutors in the future.
“The reality is that a lot of guns and drugs won’t be found,” Prosecutor Greg Banks said.
A 23-year-old Coupeville man accused of attempting to rape a woman who police reports allege he purchased in Mexico appeared at a chaotic court hearing in Coupeville Monday afternoon.
In the end, Miguel De Jesus’ attorney entered a plea of not guilty to a charge of attempted rape in the second degree. Prosecutors charged him April 20 in Island County Superior Court.
Island County commissioners will begin the process of choosing a new planning director from among more than 40 applicants Monday.
The commissioners are scheduled to meet in a closed-door session Monday to evaluate the qualifications of those who applied.
A 12-year-old Oak Harbor girl said a man tried to grab her and drag her to a car while she was jogging on the city’s waterfront trail Tuesday evening, the Oak Harbor Police reported.
The girl’s father, Oak Harbor dentist Gordon Keyes, said his family is very alarmed and wants to warn the community about the danger.
While the health and environmental dangers posed by methamphetamine labs are well known, health experts are just starting to realize the mounting problems with heavy meth use contaminating homes and cars, possibly putting unsuspecting people at risk.
On North Whidbey, a few business people are learning the high cost of cleaning up after methamphetamine smoke.